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Archive for January, 2006

X-Ray Firefox Extension

Published on January 11, 2006 in Firefox

The Firefox X-Ray extension allows you to see the code of the page you are viewing by showing the html elements on the actual page itself. A quick way to see how the document was constructed without having to switch between the sourcecode and the rendered page.

Update to Rapid Web Development and Testing with Firefox

Published on January 10, 2006 in Firefox

The Rapid Web Development and Testing with Firefox presentation has been updated to account for the release of Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and the release of several new extensions. Several changes have been made to the presentation. They include:

  • Added several new extensions: Extended Status Bar, IE Tab, Meta Tags Sidebar, Pearl Crescent Page Saver, URL Params.
  • Removed several extensions: View Formatted Source (not compatible with Firefox 1.5), View Rendered Source (latest version is no longer free).
  • Changed page headings to reflect the category of the extensions on the page, not the name of any one extension on the page.

Web Developer Extension 1.0

Published on January 3, 2006 in Firefox

Chris Pederick has just released an update to his essential Web Developer Extension 1.0 for Firefox and Mozilla. Many new features have been added to the extension so upgrading is highly recommended. Some of these new features include: Edit HTML, Enable Form Fields, Outline Positioned Elements,Show Hidden Elements, Small Screen Rendering, View Color Information, View Document Outline and Source and View Generated Source.

Palm Minicons

Published on in Palm

I have uploaded a news Palm Icon Manager icon set for use with applications such as Datebk and Agendus. They are called Minicons and are a 16×16 symbol based icon set. Download them from here.

Palm Minicons

ZLauncher Christmas Theme

Published on January 2, 2006 in Palm

Looking for a free winter ZLauncher theme. I have uploaded a Christmas theme, to my download section, from LCD Gear. Though Christmas based, the backgrounds can be changed to fit any look or season. You can get the new theme from here.

Who Am I?

Leslie Franke Profile

Leslie Franke:[les-lee fran-key]; 1. Husband and proud dogowner; 2. Seventh-day Adventist; 3. Web Designer; 4. Atlanta Braves Fan; 5. Northeast Ohio Native; 6. Bottle Caps Lover; 7. Certified 'Freakonomic';